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Religion

Biological Fantasies

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October 5, 2012
Fantasy Biology

While Romney and Ryan champion the very self-reliance they claim makes government hardly necessary, they support legislation that does women’s thinking for them without so much as the slightest gesture of compassion, or the cursory acknowledgment that it is already traumatic enough without Republican legislation seizing control of their wombs
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Religious Freedom vs. Healthcare Freedom

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July 16, 2012
Birth Control

In the name of religious liberty, 43 Roman Catholic institutions recently filed a lawsuit against the Obama Administration, contending that their rights are violated by the health care mandate requiring employers to cover birth control ...
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The Politics of Family Creation

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March 5, 2012
Creating Families

Opponents of adoption and marriage by same-sex couples need to face these facts about the modern family. If they were really interested in promoting the welfare of American families and children...
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Redefining Marriage

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August 21, 2011
Redefining Marriage

Both opponents and proponents of same-sex marriage appeal to the raising of children in their arguments. In recent Western history, it has been considered essentially feminine or essentially masculine to be a good mother or a good father, respectively. Today, our ideal of child-rearing consists less in parents fulfilling duties that are designated by...
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The Closing of the Western Mind

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November 10, 2010
christopaint

The Ancient Greeks gave to Western Civilization a secular way of seeing nature and a tradition of rationalism, logic, and free inquiry. Those prodigious achievements were undone—virtually erased—by the rise of Christianity and its domination of Western culture.
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Anatomy and Same-Sex Marriage

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November 6, 2010
Vitruvian Man

In the debate over whether same-sex marriage should be legalized, we rarely hear direct reference to the male and female anatomies.
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Towards a Better Educational System

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November 6, 2010
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The recent attempt to politicize social studies education by the Texas State Board of Education led to outbursts of disbelief across the country, particularly by the Left. Editorials were written criticizing the silliness of the whole process of letting politically motivated individuals dictate what students should learn.
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An Islamic Europe?

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October 25, 2010
Islamaphobia

"Western countries need to defend Western civilization.” Does this rhetoric about defending the West sound familiar? If you are like me, you are reminded of the 2001 Congressional address given by George W. Bush
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Free Speech Means Hate Speech

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October 25, 2010
Supreme Court

Why Westboro Will Win at the Supreme Court.
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Darwin & Hypatia–A Tale of Two Movies

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July 24, 2010
Darwin and Hypatia

What the chilly reception of two movies about scientists--one ancient, one modern--says about America.
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